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Sept. 25 1923.

A. c. SCHUMAN NESTIING DEVIC.E

Filed Sept. 26 1922 7&6 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 25, i923.

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ALBERT G. SCHUMAN, OF NEVU'AR-K, NET/V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO REED IlIANUFACTURING COIVIPAINY, OF NEWARK, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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' Application filed September 26, 1822. Serial No; 590,711.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that LALenR'r G. SCHUMAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Newark, in the county of Wayne and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nesting Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to a nesting device for sustaining flaring receptacles in a nested condition so that the walls of the receptacles will be held from binding contact. Another object of the invention is to provide a nesting device which will sustain one receptacle within the other from the top of the inner receptacle so that said inner receptacle depends into the other receptacle, 'in such a manner that the lower edge or bottom rim of the inner receptacle does not enter into binding engagement with the inner wall of the outer receptacle.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: I

Fig. 1 shows a number of nesting receptacles with which the nesting devices are associated Fig. 2 is an enlarged section through one of the receptacles showing a nesting device in position; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the nesting devices.

Receptacles in many instances and particularly of the metallic type have a flared body portion 1, a top rim 2 at the edge of the body portion and an outwardly presented seam or bottom rim 3 at the lower portion through which the bottom of the receptacle is secured in position. These receptacles when nested one within another without the use of nesting devices tend to bind, due to the fact that the seam 3 enters into binding engagement with the inner wall of an outermost receptacle and in many instances destroys or disfigures such receptacle due to such binding. This invention obviates this disadvantage by providing a nesting device, which will support one receptacle within another from the rim or bead at the top of the receptacle so that the seam at the lower edge does not enter into binding engagement withthe outermost receptacle.

In the illustrated embodiment, the nesting device, of which three or more may be employed between each two receptacles, embodies a body portion l having an upper abutment 5 and a lower abutment 6, the upper abutment engaging the rim or head 2 of the innermost receptacle of two nested receptacles, and the lower abutment 6 engaging the top of the rim 2 of the lowermost receptacle of two nested ones. The distance between these two abutments 5 and 6 is such that the innermost receptacle will have its seam 3 lying in engagement with the inner wall of the outermost receptacle, but this engagement is such that it is not binding, being merely employed for centering the lower end of the inner receptacle within the outer receptacle. The body 4 also has a lip 7 on the inner side of the abutment 6 and depending below said abutment and this lip 7 is preferably wedge-shaped and preferably has its inner face 8 in a plane with the inner face 9 of the body 4 while the outer face 10 is arranged in converging relation to the inner face 8 of the lip or projection 7. This lip 7 extends downwardly into the outermost receptacle and tends to hold the innermost receptacle in centered position, while at the same time holding the nesting block in position.

From the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a nesting device which has two abutments, a lower one for engaging the upper edge of the outer receptacle and an upper one for engaging the upper edge of the inner receptacle, this device having a wedge shape projection or lip depending below the lower abutment for entering between the two receptacles in order to center the latter and at the same time to hold the nesting device in position. This lip is preferably wedge-shaped and this permits the proper positioning of the nesting device, the inner face of this lip being in a plane with the inner face of the body of the nesting device and the outer face being converging so that the nesting block is permitting to adapt itself to the two surfaces.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A nesting device for receptacles, each abutments, the lowermost abutment being presented downwardly for engagement with the-upper edge of the outermost receptacle 7 and the uppermost abutment being presented upwardly for engagement with the outwardly extending top rim or bead of the innermost receptacle, and a lip extending downwardly from the body portion below the lowermost abutment and on the inner side of the latter for spacing the walls of the two receptacles.

2. A nesting device comprising abody portion formed With two abutments, the

lowermost abutment being presented downextendingdownwardly from the body portion below the lowermostvabutment and on the inner side of the latter for spacing the walls of the two receptacles, saidlip. having its innermost face in a plane with the innermost face of the body and its outermost face converging with reference to its innermost face.

ALBERT C. SCHUMAN. 

